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NTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL WARNER, OE LOWELL, AND J. HODGKIN, OF VVESTFIELD, VERMONT, ANDWM. E. TRAVER, OF WATERVLIET, NEW YORK.

MODE OF CONSTRUCTING THE HEELS OE BOOTS AND SHOES.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, SAMUEL VARNER, ofLowell, Jniua HODGKIN, of Westfield, both in the county of Orleans andState of Vermont, and l/VILLLIAM E. TRAVER, of Water vliet, in thecounty of Albany and State of' New York, have by our joint study andcontrivance invented a new, useful, and improved method of manufacturingand attaching heels to boots and shoes and of combining with orattaching to the heels of boots a spur when necessary, to be composed inpart of' any kind of metal or suitable metallic substance or of horn,bone, or ivory or of any other material of sufficient strength andhardness and in part of india rubber, cork, or leather; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full and exact description.

Our invention consists in providing a metallic, hQrn, bone or ivoryshell or heel case of suitablewshape and size to` be attached in placeof the common heels to boots and shoes, and the hollow part or inside ofsaid shell to be filled up with india rubber or any other elasticsubstance or with cork or leather or any other material that will answerthe purpose designed, thereby lessening the expense of manufacturing`heels to boots and shoes and at the same time producing a moreconvenient and durable article.

To enable others skilled in the art to use our invention we will proceedto describe its construction and use.

Ne construct our shells or heel cases in any of the known forms in whichthe heels of boots and shoes are or have heretofore been constructed orin any form that fancy or convenience may suggest of any kind of metalor composition of metal or metallic subst-ance of suiiicientstreng'thand hardness to answer the purpose intended or of horn, bone or ivory.We have commonly made use of German silver and bronze. Then we make ourshells or heel cases of a fusible material we cast them in molds or insand in the usual method. When made of a malleable substance we eitherwork the plates to a pattern and solder together in the proper shape orshape them by a swage or by turning in a lathe or in anyvv otherconvenient mode and finish up and polish the external surface by turningor any of the known methods of finishing.

7e make our shells or cases from one sixteenth to one eighth of an inchthick except the outer andhinder part. At the bottom, as seen at No. 4in the drawing, we make them near vone fourth of an inch thick, thatbeing the part subject to the greatest wear.

In the accompanying drawings A, No. 1, represents a side view of thelargest size of heels now in use for fine boots, with a slope or scallopin front to receive the shank of the boot B. No. 2 shows a flange castor soldered upon the inside of the shell or heel case and horizontal tothe breast or lower part of the shell, by which flange the heel isfirmly attached to the leathers composing the bottom of the boot bymeans of screws or nails, and the hollow part below the fiange we fillup with india rubber, cork or leather or any other suitable substance.Then we use india rubber we have it project about one fourth of an inchbelow the bottom of the shell, which effectually prevents a clickingnoise in walking.

C, No. l, is a counter guard which we use chiefly on military boots andis a mere extension of the plate of the hinder part of the shell upwardupon the counter of the boot to any given height required.

D, No. 1, represents a spur to be combined with the heel case orseparate and attached by a screw or latch spring.

No. 3 is the outline of a boot with the shell or heel att-ached somewhatvarying in shape from those seen at Nos. 12.

That we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- The manufacturing and attaching metallic, horn, bone or ivory heelcases to the hollow part below the flange to be filled up with indiarubber, cork or leather or any other suitable material and combiningtherewith or attaching thereto a spur when necessary as hereinbefore setforth,

SAMUEL WARNER. JERE HODGKIN. WILLIAM E. TRAVER. Witnesses:

JOHN HAs'rINGs, lVM. HoLLANDs. Y

